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Old 04-19-2007
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Re: Supreme Court upholds Partial Birth Abortion Ban

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Originally Posted by O'Sullivan Bere View Post
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To me, this is not the kind of scheme that will lead to overturning SCOTUS protection for abortion procedures. More anti-Roe appointments or a change of opinion on Roe by a sitting Justice can only do that.
That is exactly why this is now an issue energizing the pro-choice side.
It will be seen as a probing attack on ROE, and the appointment of another justice or two could move the court to where ROE is either overturned or gutted.

This issue was almost completely in the background in 2000 and 2004 for pro-choice voters, I think this moves it into the foreground in 2008.
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